• Experts have predicted a probable solar storm this weekend due to the advent of a flood of solar winds.
  • NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured photos of the Sun’s corona, which shows a big “coronal hole” in the Sun’s outer atmosphere.
  • A rush of “gaseous material” from the hole is expected to reach the Earth between Saturday and Sunday.
  • What an Intense Solar Weather Can Do
  • The National Weather Service’s space weather division is becoming increasingly important. It will continue to grow as we better understand the Sun’s physical processes and their effects on Earth and space.
  • Solar flares, coronal holes, and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) may discharge large bursts of radiation, high-speed electrons and protons, and other extremely energetic particles from the Sun, which are occasionally targeted towards Earth.
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  • These particles and radiation may damage satellites in orbit, interrupt GPS, and pose serious health concerns to individuals traveling at high altitudes on Earth and astronauts in space.
  • Minor storms,  can generate modest power grid oscillations and disrupt satellite operations at the lower end of the spectrum.
  • Extreme storms, on the other hand, have the potential to cause widespread blackouts and communications failures.

source: science.org